They were friends and she even considered him her mentor so it’s pretty understandable why CherylCole’s upset with Simon Cowell. Why he didn’t have the spine to tell her himself that she was getting axed from X-Factor will perhaps be the reason for the demise of their friendship. The usually brutally frank, Cowell failed to be so with Cole and she resents that. There was news that Cole would be given a second chance by the producers of the show but the British singer-songwriter’s no longer interested. Who would want to be in a show with someone you believe made a mockery of your friendship? Colewill be replaced by former Pussycat Doll, Nicole Scherzinger as one of the judges of the X-Factor USA. We’re looking forward to how Scherzinger will fare alongside Cowell in the next season of the show.